Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [Patch][RFC] conflicting device major numbers in devices.txt | Date | Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:03:25 +0200 |
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On Dienstag, 21. September 2004 18:49, Torben Mathiasen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21 2004, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Dienstag, 21. September 2004 11:23, Torben Mathiasen wrote: > > > s/390 dasd moved to major 94. > > > s/390 VM/ESA moved to major 95. > > > INFTL moved to major 96. > > > > Actually, major 95 has never been used for VM minidisks or any other > > s390 block device in any 2.4 or 2.6 based distribution, because that > > driver was integrated into the dasd driver (it just uses a different > > access method on the same devices). You might want to document that > > this number is currently unused, even if it doesn't get assigned to > > any other driver. > > So, what you're saying is that Major 95 is not used at all in real life? Then > I'll remove it from from the list completely during the my next push. Let me > know if there's a point in keeping it assigned even if its obsolete.
I don't see any reason to keep it for s/390, but I added some potentially interested parties to the CC: list. If anyone is thinking of reusing device major number 95 for s390 minidisks, speak up now, otherwise it will finally be gone.
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